Swearing-In


06 May 2011 | Kabulonga, Lusaka, Zambia (-15.4194, 28.3487)

I am so sorry about the month-long delay in getting this blog post out (and answering email); both of our computers succumbed to the elements within a week of each other and I just now got one up and running.  The other is still packed in a bag waiting for a new brain.  (If anyone had an old SATA hard , I would be very appreciative if you could send us an early Christmas present!) Now on to the post…

I cannot believe I made it through another Pre-Service Training (PST) successfully AND I actually passed my language test at the end! We were all relieved to be finished with the exams (there were two others in technical and health) so we celebrated by cooking an American meal for our host family and meeting the Ambassador and Chieftainess during swearing-in.

Here is Heather dishing out mashed potatoes from the mother of all pots.  Good thing it was so big because the locals loved them!


After everyone had been served, we let the in to finish what was left.  They wiped the dishes clean.
It took me almost 50 shots to catch this moment of sunlight.
This is the dignitary table and podium where all the top brass will be speaking, even Rasa.
At this point in our training we were like drones and would say anything PC wanted us to just to end the torture.
Rasa being swatted by the Chieftainess so no bad juju will possess her.
Here is Dave talking about his shower at the Ambassador’s guest house.
After a long three months of training, we are finally official volunteers and allowed to go off on our own.  Now it is off to the village to put into practice all the information we digested and a new blog format where I will be giving much more detailed information about specific subjects.
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